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CARAVAGGIO?S DAGGER IBD

IGUANA BOOKS
09 / 2013
9781771800150
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Sinopsis

Many come to evil, many others search for a different way to be. Animated by the work of Caravaggio, Hendrik Slegtenhorst?s poems inquire, what is a pursuit of right action?Caravaggio, the murderous, brilliant 16th-century painter, depicted the decapitation of John the Baptist at the moment the act is botched: jugular severed, head attached, the saint in agony - an exemplification of humanity?s predilections.Early on, Slegtenhorst accepted Somerset Maugham?s admonition of the error of adopting a course of action thought to be right, even though we knew it could not bring us happiness, ever.This is the central theme to Caravaggio?s Dagger, a distillation of poems from several earlier books that measures aspects of the author?s own life and awareness as a distinct individual animated by Canada and culture and guided by integrity and reason.

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